Exhibitor for lace curtains.



No 779,507, PATENTED JAN. 10, 1905.

s. F. SWAN & A. B. SNYDER. EXHIBITOR FOR LACE CURTAINS.

APPLICATION FILED JULIZ, 1904.

Sardnerj? 620W)? 1 Httornegs UNITED STATES Patented January 10, 1905.

PATENT OFFICE.

SORIBNER F. SWAN AND ALPHEUS B. SNYDER, OF ORESTON, IOWA, AS-

SIGNORS OF ONE-THIRD TO AMOS O. SWAN, OF ORESTON, IOWA.

EXHIBITOR FOR LACE CURTAINS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 779,507, dated January10, 1905.

Application filed July 2, 1904. Serial No. 215,151.

T 0 at whom, it Worry cmwern:

Be it known that we, SCRIBNER F. SWAN and ALrHnUs B. SNYDER, citizens ofthe United States, residing at Crest-on, in the county of Union andState of Iowa, have invented a new and useful Exhibitor for LaceCurtains, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to apparatus for displaying lace curtains and thelike, and has for its objects to produce a comparatively simpleinexpensive device of this character wherein the particular article orarticles to be exhibited may be readily selected and moved to exhibitingposition and will after inspection be automatically returned to normalposition.

With these and other objects in view the invention comprises the novelfeatures of con. struction and combination of parts more fullyhereinafter described.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of thedisplay mechanism embodying the invention. Fig. 2 is an enlarged detailview of one of the carriers and its attendant supporting and operatingmechanism. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the indicator. Fig. 4: is a detailview of one of the pulleys.

Referring to the drawings, land 2 designate a pair of members orbrackets each comprising vertical end portions 3, adapted for attachmentto a ceiling or other overhead support, and a horizontal portion or bar4, maintained in spaced relation to the overhead support. The members 1and 2 are spaced an appropriate distance one from the other and haveextended between them in parallel spaced relation a series of tracks orways 5, preferably composed of suitable lengths of wire connected at oneend with eyebolts 6, extended horizontally and transversely through thebar 4 of member 1, and at the other end with eyebolts 7, likewiseextended transversely through the horizontal portion of member 2, theattaching devices or bolts 7 being fixedly connected with the member 2,while the bolts or devices 6 are adjustably connected with the member 1through the medium of adjustable nuts 8, tapped onto threaded portionsof the bolts 6, projecting outwardly from the bar 4:,

whereby tension on the wires or elements 5 may be readily regulated.

Suspended, respectively, from the guides or ways 5 by means of hangers9, preferably in the form of screw-eyes, is a series of supportingdevices or carriers 10, adapted for travel back and forth between themembers 1 and 2 and consisting of rigid bars or slats, to which theupper ends of the curtains are attached in any appropriate manner, thesecarriers being normally maintained in line and in non-displayingposition by means of weights 11, carried by wires or other flexibleelements 12, threaded through pulleys 13 and in turn attached to thecarriers. The pulleys 13 are carried by sheet-metal sheaves 14L, foldedaround the eyebolts 6, while around the bolts 7 are 5 folded similarsheaves carrying pulleys 15, over which travel traction wires orelements 16, attached to the forward ends of the carriers 10, the freeends of the elements 16 being provided with suitable handpieces 17 andnor- 7 mally engaged with hooks or the like carried by anindicator-board 18, having thereon opposite the respective hooksdistinguishing data, as indicated at 20such, for instance, as thestock-number, grade, and prices of the respec- .tive curtains orarticles carried by the apparatus for display. It will here be explainedthat the indicator is'in the nature of a bracket carried by the. wall orother suitable support, with the handles 17 of the controllers l6 lyingimmediately beneath the indicator, which latter is located to permitconvenient access to the handles. WVhen the indicator is located belowthe level of the eyes, the data relative to the curtains should beplaced upon the 5 upper side of the indicator, so as to be in plainview, and in the event of theindicator being located overhead the datawill of course be placed upon the under side of the indicator, so as tobe readily observed.

In practice when it is desired to display to a customer a curtain of acertain grade and price the appropriate traction element 16, asindicated by the board 18, is released and manipulated for movingforward its corresponding carrier 10, whereby the curtain suspended fromthe latter will be advanced to a position for ready inspection. As thecarrier is moved forward the Weight 11 Will be accordingly elevated, andthus upon release of the element 16 the Weight will serve toautomatically return the carrier to normal nondisplaying position.

From the foregoing it is apparent that there is produced a comparativelysimple inexpensive device Which in practice Will efficiently perform itsfunctions to the ends in view, it being understood that minor changes inthe details herein set forth may be resorted to Without departing fromthe spirit of the invention.

Having thus described the invention, What is claimed is 1. In a deviceof the class described, the combination of spaced overhead supports, substantially horizontal screw-eyes piercing the supports, nuts foradjusting one set of screweyes, individual cords connecting thecorresponding screw-eyes of the opposite supports and constituting Ways, carriers having hangers slidable upon the respective Ways, pulleyshung from the screw-eyes, Weighted cords connected to the correspondingends of respective carriers and running over the respective adjacentpulleys, and controllingcords connected to the other corresponding endsof the carriers and engaging and depending from the adjacent respectivepulleys.

2. A display device having a series of independently-movable carriers,individual controllers for moving the carriers to displaying positions,and means in cooperative relation with the controllers for indicatingthe characters of goods upon the respective carriers.

3. A display device having a series of independently-movable carriers,individual controllers for moving the carriers to displaying positions,and means in cooperative relation with the controllers for indicatingthe characters of goods upon the respective carriers and includingguides for the respective controllers.

4. A display device having a series of independently-movable carriers,individual controllers for moving the carriers to displaying positions,and an indicator including guides receiving the respective controllersand provided With distinguishing data adjacent the respective guides.

5. In a display device of the character described, the combination ofoverhead guide- Ways, individual carriers mounted to slide upon therespective guideways, flexible controllers connected to the respectivecarriers, and an indicator member having guides receiving the respectivecontrollers and also provided with distinguishing data adjacent therespective guides.

In testimony that We claim the foregoing as our own We have heretoafiixed our signatures in the presence of two Witnesses.

SCRIBNER F. SWAN. ALPHEUS B. SNYDER.

Witnesses:

M. Lurz, D. P. MARTIN.

